"It is an admirable skill to able to sweeten a refusal with civil words which atone for the favor which we are not able to grant."

-- Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable

#Skills Quotes #Favors Quotes #Able Quotes

“I consider Ronald Reagan one of the greatest U.S. presidents since the World War II because of his staunch resistance to Communism and his efforts to defend human rights,”
“Elton John can be a master of the sleight of hand. The arrangements make it seem like there are substantial melodies underneath the tracks - but almost nothing demands repeated listenings. Similarly, he always sounds like he's singing up a storm, but his voice glosses over the material, reducing most things to an uninteresting sameness.”
“Amidst all the attention given to the sciences as to how they can lead to the cure of all diseases and daily problems of mankind, I believe that the biggest breakthrough will be the realization that the arts, which are considered "useless," will be recognized as the whole reason why we ever try to live longer or live more prosperously. The arts are the science of enjoying life.”

Source : "VOICES; John Maeda", www.nytimes.com. November 11, 2003.
“But to believe that getting stuff is the purpose and aim of life is madness.”

Source : FaceBook post by Hubert Selby, Jr. from Sep 30, 2015
“Faith in Christ is able to endure doubts-it's able to endure temptations-bec ause it faces them, not because it pretends they're not there.”
“Sometimes you succeed.... and other times you learn.”
“God buries His workmen but carries on His work.”

Source : Thomas JACKSON (Wesleyan Minister.), Charles Wesley (1848). “Memoirs of the Rev. Charles Wesley ... Being an abridgement of his Life in two volumes, octavo”, p.469
“The human family has invaluable friends and irreplaceable allies in the plant and animal worlds. We cannot continue to tug at the web of life without tearing a hole in the very fabric of our earthly existence-and eventually falling through that hole ourselves.”

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